{"id":220348,"date":"2025-02-21T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-flooding-west-africa-with-opioids-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:04:41","slug":"who-is-flooding-west-africa-with-opioids-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-flooding-west-africa-with-opioids-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is flooding West Africa with opioids? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-HxBk6_IqdU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is flooding West Africa with opioids? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-HxBk6_IqdU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>India has been called \u201cthe pharmacy of the world\u201d for its manufacture of high-quality medicines and life-saving vaccines. <\/p>\n<p>But hidden within this high-tech industry, dressed as pharmaceutical executives, are drug dealers whose real business is to supply illegal, addictive, dangerous opioids to countries across West Africa. <\/p>\n<p>BBC Eye Investigations goes undercover to expose some of the people getting rich from Africa\u2019s opioid crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#India #BBCAfricaEye #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has been called \u201cthe pharmacy of the world\u201d for its manufacture of high-quality medicines and life-saving vaccines. 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